Quotations from
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society and conformity.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Feeling special is the worst kind of cage a person can build for himself.
When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.
The strongest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.
There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant.